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Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the
county has a total area of 699 square miles (1,810 km²),
of which, 698 square miles (1,807 km²) of it is land and
1 square miles (4 km²) of it (0.20%) is water.

There were 16,718 households out of which 29.70% had children
under the age of 18 living with them, 52.50% were married couples living
together, 11.60% had a female householder with no husband present,
and 32.30% were non-families. 28.00% of all households were made up
of individuals and 12.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years
of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the
average family size was 2.91.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.20% under
the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 24.10%
from 45 to 64, and 16.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The
median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.00
males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.10
males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,422, and
the median income for a family was $42,713. Males had a median
income of $27,449 versus $19,374 for females. The per capita
income for the county was $20,282. About 14.00% of families and
18.60% of the population were below the poverty line,
including 25.90% of those under age 18 and 16.90% of those age 65
or over.

District 163 – Rep. Tom Todd (D-Campbell)
Consists of the southern and southeastern parts of the county. In
2008, Todd defeated Pat (Wilson) Allen, an Independent, by a
three-to-one margin, 76.74-23.26 percent; the Butler County
precincts backed Todd by a similar margin, 72.20-27.80
percent.

Butler County is also a part of Missouri's 25th Senatorial
District and is currently represented by State SenatorRob Mayer (R-Dexter). In
2008, Mayer defeated Shane M. Stoelting (D) by an almost two-to-one
margin, 65.32-34.68 percent. Butler County backed Mayer with 72.00
percent while Stoelting received 28.00 percent. The 25th Senatorial
District consists of Butler, Dunklin, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley, Stoddard, and Wayne counties.

At the presidential level, Butler County tends to be a reliably
Republican stronghold. John McCain strongly carried the county
over Barack Obama
in 2008. George W. Bush
carried Butler County by a two-to-one margin in 2000 and by
an almost three-to-one margin in 2004. The
last Democratic presidential nominee to win Butler County was Bill Clinton in Election of
1992. Since then, Butler County has trended increasingly
Republican at the presidential level.

Like most rural areas throughout Southeast Missouri, voters in
Butler County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative
principles which strongly influence their Republican leanings. In
2004, Missourians voted on a constitutional
amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a
woman—it overwhelmingly passed Butler County with 88.83 percent
of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71 percent of
support from voters as Missouri became the first state to ban same-sex
marriage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a constitutional
amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the
state—it failed in Butler County with 61.21 percent voting
against the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with
51 percent of support from voters as Missouri became one of the
first states in the nation to approve embryonic
stem cell research. Despite Butler County’s longstanding
tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in
the county have a penchant for advancing populist causes like increasing the minimum wage. In
2006, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition B) to
increase the minimum wage in the state to $6.50 an hour—it passed
Butler County with 68.75 percent of the vote. The proposition
strongly passed every single county in Missouri with 75.94 percent
voting in favor as the minimum wage was increased to $6.50 an hour
in the state. During the same election, voters in five other states
also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.

2008 Missouri Presidential
Primary

In the 2008 Missouri Presidential Primary, voters in Butler
County from both political parties supported candidates who
finished in second place in the state at large and nationally.

Huckabee slightly led Missouri throughout much of the evening
until the precincts began reporting from St. Louis where McCain won
and put him over the top of Huckabee. In the end, McCain received
32.95 percent of the vote to Huckabee’s 31.53 percent—a 1.42
percent difference. McCain received all of Missouri’s 58 delegates
as the Republican Party utilizes the winner-take-all system.

Clinton had a large initial lead in Missouri at the beginning of
the evening as the rural precincts began to report, leading several
news organizations to call the state for her; however, Obama
rallied from behind as the heavily African American precincts from St.
Louis began to report and eventually put him over the top. In
the end, Obama received 49.32 percent of the vote to Clinton’s
47.90 percent—a 1.42 percent difference. Both candidates split
Missouri’s 72 delegates as the Democratic Party utilizes proportional
representation.

Hillary Rodham Clinton received more votes, a total of 2,490,
than any candidate from either party in Butler County during the
2008 Missouri Presidential Primaries.

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Butler County, Missouri

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Location in the state of Missouri

There were 16,718 households out of which 29.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.50% were married couples living together, 11.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.30% were non-families. 28.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.20% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 16.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,228, and the median income for a family was $33,371. Males had a median income of $27,449 versus $19,374 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,721. About 14.00% of families and 18.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.90% of those under age 18 and 16.90% of those age 65 or over.

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